Mahir: he kiss you. Photograph: Eric Risberg/AP
Internet fads... donchya just love them?
Where would the humble technology reporter - or indeed the amusing news story - be without the bizarre and eclectic concoction of memes, and catchphrases that the internet has provided us with over the years? Probably skulking around the local bar with some cheap tin and hoping for a story to fall out of the sky. Actually, that isn't so far from the truth... but at least internet crazes have provided a few chuckles on the way.
CNet has been kind enough to list what it thinks are the top 10 internet fads of all time: from actual services that caught on like wildfire to websites that simply got everywhere.
There's a place for more serious sites like Blogger.com, Friendster and HotOrNot, but also for the stupidity of the Dancing Baby, Mahir (pictured above) and All Your Base... but what's top of them all?
It had to be, of course, Hampster dance.
